UNLABELLED (18)F-FDG PET has been reported to have reduced sensitivity in detecting bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) versus lung cancers with other histologies. However, there are CT characteristics that are suggestive of BAC, and potentially these could be useful to refine diagnostic criteria so PET/CT can be more accurate in the diagnosis of BAC. We correlated tumor size and density obtaine...

OBJECTIVE The goal of the study was to analyze the histological and clinical trends in lung carcinoma and their influence upon the preoperative evaluation, surgical procedures and survival. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the charts of 1079 consecutive patients who underwent surgery for primary lung carcinoma between 1977 and 1996 in our institution. Patients were divided into five equal ...

PURPOSE Bronchioloalveolar cell adenomas (BAAs) have been described in up to 10% of patients with bronchogenic carcinoma. Their prognostic significance is unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the prognostic implications of finding BAAs coexisting in specimens resected for primary bronchogenic carcinoma and to determine how frequently BAAs can be detected radiologically. METHODS...

BACKGROUND Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for approximately 80% of lung carcinoma cases, which becomes more and more important in the field of lung carcinoma as well as primary lung carcinoma in females. MATERIAL AND METHODS We analyzed the medical history of 62 female NSCLC patients. Immunohistochemistry was used to observe and compare the expression of EGFR. The chi-square test...